JPH09231453A - Fixing device for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suitably set an automatic vending machine(AVM) and a rain protecting house even in a place having narrow setting space. SOLUTION: Two lower structure members (frames) 71 in a box type rain protecting house for covering an AVM is fixed on a setting base and provided with two loading frames 20 extended forward and backward and capable of loading and fixing four supporting legs 2, i.e., front and rear legs on both the right and left sides, of the AVM. Rain protecting house fixing parts (mounts) 37 are formed so as to be projected from the frames 20 to the side directions, locking parts for engaging and locking the rear side supporting legs 2 from the front side are formed on the rear parts of the frames 20, front parts from the locking parts of the frames 20 are smoothly formed so that the rear side supporting legs 2 can be slided, and engaging fittings for engaging and locking the front side supporting legs 2 from the front are fitted to the front parts of the frames 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine fixing device for fixing a beverage or other vending machine such as juice to a concrete installation base and for fixing a rain removal house covering the vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a vending machine is installed outdoors, it is installed under an eave of a building or a rain removal house is installed in advance to prevent contamination by rainwater or the like. Vending machines were to be installed.

When installing a vending machine, it is necessary to prevent the vending machine from moving or falling due to an earthquake or the like. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 11, the vending machine is provided at four corners at the bottom of the main body 1 of the vending machine. Are fixed to anchor bolts 19, 19 fixed on the installation base 10 via plate-shaped stoppers 9, 9 formed with cutouts for leg fitting. I was

[0004]

As described above, when a vending machine is installed under the eaves of a building, it is not possible to sufficiently block rain and wind, whereas when it is installed in a rain removal house, it is difficult to install a vending machine. In order to perform the fixing work of the support legs 2, 2,... In the removal house, there is a problem that a large rain removal house is required as compared with a vending machine, and a large installation space is required.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine fixing device capable of suitably installing and fixing a vending machine and a rain removal house even when the installation space is narrow.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The features of the present invention for solving the conventional problems as described above and achieving the intended purpose are as follows.
A box-type rain house that is fixed on the installation base and has two loading frames that are long in the front-rear direction and on which the front support legs and rear leg support legs of the vending machine are placed and fixed. Is provided with a rain removal house fixing portion protruding laterally from the loading frame, and the rear support leg is fitted and locked to the rear portion of the loading frame from the front. A locking portion is provided, and a front portion of the loading frame with respect to the locking portion is formed to be smooth enough to allow the rear support leg to slide, and the front portion of the loading frame has the front side. This is because an engaging metal fitting for fitting and locking the support leg from the front is attached.

It is preferable that a pedestal that is horizontally adjusted and fixed is provided on the installation base, and a loading frame fixing portion and a rain removal house fixing portion are arranged in parallel on the pedestal.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body of the vending machine, and 2, 2,..., Support legs attached to four bottom corners of the main body 1. Support leg 2
Is formed in a bolt shape having a screw portion 3 and a hexagonal column-shaped tool fitting portion 4 as shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. At the lower end of the support leg 2, a disk-shaped grounding plate 5 that protrudes outward is fixed.

In FIG. 1 and FIG.
... are the frames of the rain removal house, and the frames 71, 71
Are made of lip grooved steel or the like, and are assembled in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape via bolts and nuts. The side walls 72, 72, the roof plate 73, etc. are fixed to the frames 71, 71..., And the rain removal house is formed in a box shape having an opening at the front and having a size enough to cover the vending machine. Is formed.

1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a concrete installation base, reference numeral 20 denotes a loading frame on which the front and rear support legs 2, 2 of the vending machine are mounted and fixed, 31, and
37 is a pedestal to which the loading frame 20 and the lower frame 71 of the rain removal house are fixed, 40 is a support leg fixed on the installation base 10 to support the pedestals 31, 37, and 34 is left and right rear pedestals 31, 31. Interconnecting members for interconnecting, 50, 6
0 is the loading frame 2 with the supporting legs 2 and 2 in front of and behind the vending machine.
This is a locking fitting fixed to zero.

The loading frame 20 is, as shown in FIG.
A horizontal bottom plate portion 2 which is constituted by a groove-shaped steel member having a C-shaped cross-section opening upward and having a long groove shape in the front-rear direction.
1 and the side plate portion 2 that has risen from both side edges of the bottom plate portion 21.
2, 22 and upper edge portions 23, 23 protruding inward from the upper ends of the side plate portions 22, 22 are integrally formed. The loading frame 20 is configured such that the support legs 2, 2 on the front and rear sides of the vending machine are placed on the bottom plate portion 21, and the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 21 allows the support legs 2 to slide. Is formed smoothly. Also, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, on the front and rear end sides of the bottom plate portion 21 of the loading frame 20,
A fixing mounting hole for fixing to the pedestals 31 and 37 and for inserting the bolts 32 and 32 for mounting the locking fittings 50 and 60 is opened.

As shown in FIG. 5, the rear pedestal 31 is composed of a tubular steel member having a quadrangular cross section and long in the lateral direction (left-right direction), and the connecting member 34 is open upwardly. It is constituted by a laterally long groove-shaped steel member (lip groove steel, etc.) having a V-shaped cross-sectional shape.
Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the front pedestal 37 is formed of a laterally tubular steel member having a square cross section.

As shown in FIG. 4, bolts 35, 35,...
. Are inserted, and bolts 35, 35,... Can be inserted into the upward opening of the groove-shaped connecting member 34 at an arbitrary position. The end of the connecting member 34 is inserted inside the ends of the rear pedestals 31, 31 and fastened via bolts 35, 35, 35 and nuts 36, and the left and right rear pedestals 31, 31 are mutually connected. When the bolts 35, 35... And the nut 36 are loosened, the pedestals 31, 31 and the connecting member 34 slide with each other so that the distance between the pedestals 31, 31 can be adjusted. The nut 3 inserted in the connecting member 34
Numeral 6 is formed long in the lateral direction and is prevented from rotating.

The upper and lower plates of the pedestals 31, 37 are
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, a fixing hole through which the bolt 32 is inserted is opened, and the ends of the loading frame 20 are placed on the pedestals 31 and 37, and the bolt 32 and the nut 33 are provided. Is to be fixed through. As shown in FIG. 3, the pedestals 31, 37 project from the lower side of the loading frame 20 to the left and right sides, and support holes through which the screw portions 41, 41 of the support legs 40, 40 are inserted. Is open. Then, on the pedestals 31 and 37, the lower frame 71 of the rain removal house is placed side by side with the loading frame 20, and is fixed via the screw portion 41 and the nut 44. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the support leg 40 is formed in a bolt shape having a screw portion 41 and a hexagonal column-shaped tool fitting portion 42, and protrudes outward from the lower end of the support leg 40. A disk-shaped ground plate 43 is rotatably mounted. The support legs 40 are mounted on the pedestals 31, 37 via the screw portions 41 and the nuts 44, 44 so that the height thereof can be adjusted. The height of the support legs 40, 40,. The pedestals 31, 31, 37, 37 are fixed horizontally and their heights are matched. Also,
The support leg 40 is fixed to the installation base 10 via a stopper 45.

The stopper 45 is made of a plate-shaped steel member, and flat plates 46, 46 on both left and right sides and side edges 47, 47 projecting downward from both front and rear ends are integrally formed. Have been. Then, the flat plate portion 4 of the stopper 45
A gap is formed on the lower side of each of the flat plates 46, 46 by side edges 47, 47.
Leg fitting notches 48, 48 that are open to the outside are provided. Accordingly, the stopper 45 is fitted to the two support legs 40 by inserting the ground plate 43 of the support leg 40 below the flat plate portion 46. A fixing hole through which the anchor bolt 11 is inserted is formed in the center of the stopper 45 so that the stopper 45 is fixed to the installation base 10 via the anchor bolt 11 and the nut 12. It has become.

As shown in FIG.
It is constituted by a steel member having a C-shaped cross-section that is open upward and has a horizontal bottom plate portion 51, side plate portions 52, 52 rising from both left and right ends of the bottom plate portion 51, and upper ends of the side plate portions 52, 52. Upper edges 53, 53 protruding inward
Are integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 6, a bottom plate 56 having a predetermined thickness is fixed to the rear lower surface of the bottom plate portion 51, and a mounting hole through which the bolt 32 is inserted is formed in the bottom plate portion 51 and the bottom plate 56. . The locking fitting 50 is inserted inside the rear part of the loading frame 20 and is mounted via the bolt 32 and the nut 33.

A gap is formed by a bottom plate 56 below the front portion of the bottom plate portion 51 of the rear leg locking bracket 50, and a front edge side of the bottom plate portion 51 is formed as shown in FIG. , A leg fitting notch 54 opened forward. Therefore, the rear leg locking metal fitting 50 is formed by inserting the grounding plate 5 of the support leg 2 of the vending machine into the gap below the bottom plate portion 51 and inserting the tool fitting portion 4 into the leg fitting notch 54. , Are fitted to the support legs 2.

In order to guide the support leg 2 and facilitate the fitting, the leg fitting notch 54 is formed in a shape that is expanded forward, and the front ends of the bottom plate portions 51 on both sides of the notch 54 are formed. The portion is formed to be inclined upward. A cylindrical bush 59 is rotatably mounted in the mounting holes formed in the bottom plate portion 51 and the bottom plate 56, and the bolt 32 is inserted through the bush 59 and tightened by the nut 33, so that a locking fitting is provided. The reference numeral 50 is attached to the loading frame 20 so as to be rotatable slightly in the horizontal direction (a gap between the side plate portions 22 and 22) and to be immovable in the vertical and longitudinal directions.

The front leg locking member 60, like the rear leg locking member 60, is formed of a steel member having a C-shaped cross section that is open upward and has a horizontal bottom plate portion 61 and left and right sides of the bottom plate portion 61. Side plate portions 62, 62 rising from both ends
And upper edge portions 63, 63 protruding inward from the upper ends of the side plate portions 62, 62 are integrally formed.

As shown in FIG. 9, a bottom plate 66 having a predetermined thickness is fixed to the rear lower surface of the bottom plate portion 61.
1 and the bottom plate 66 are provided with mounting holes through which the bolts 32 are inserted. The locking metal fitting 60 is inserted inside the front part of the loading frame 20 and is mounted via the bolt 32 and the nut 33.

A gap is formed by a bottom plate 66 below the rear of the bottom plate portion 61 of the front leg locking bracket 60,
Also, as shown in FIG. 10, on the rear edge side of the bottom plate 61,
A leg fitting notch 64 that opens rearward is provided. Therefore, the rear leg locking metal fitting 60 inserts the grounding plate 5 of the support leg 2 of the vending machine into the gap below the bottom plate portion 61, and inserts the tool fitting portion 4 into the leg fitting notch 64. , Support leg 2
To be fitted.

The bolts 32 and the nuts 33 for attaching the locking fittings 50 and 60 to the loading frame 20 also serve as bolts and nuts for fixing the loading frame 20 to the pedestals 31 and 37, respectively. You may comprise as a thing.

In order to fix the vending machine fixing device configured as described above on the installation base 10, first, the pedestals 31 and 3 are fixed.
The supporting legs 40, 40,... Are adjusted so that 1, 37, 37 are horizontal and at the same height, and the supporting legs 40, 40,. 45, 45 ...
Are fixed on the installation base 10 via anchor bolts 11 and nuts 12, respectively. In addition, anchor bolt 1
1 is installed beforehand when the concrete installation base 10 is constructed, or is drilled and installed after the construction base 10 is constructed.

Then, the lower frame 71 of the rain removal house is placed on the pedestals 31 and 37 and fixed via the screw portions 41 and the nuts 44, and the loading frame 20 is placed on the pedestals 31 and 37 so as to be arranged inside. Place on top of bolt 32
And a nut 33. Therefore, since the lower frame 71 and the loading frame 20 of the rain removal house are fixed on the common pedestals 31 and 37, they can be horizontally adjusted at the same time, and can be relatively easily installed. Further, since the loading frame 20 is long in the front-rear direction and the supporting legs 2, 2 on both front and rear sides of the vending machine are placed and fixed, a loading member is installed for each supporting leg 2, 2. Construction will be easier than if you do it.

In order to mount and fix the vending machine on the loading frames 20, 20, first, with the front leg locking bracket 60 at the front end of the loading frame 20 removed, the rear support of the vending machine is performed. The leg 2 is attached to the bottom plate 21 of the loading frame 20.
It is placed on the top and slid backward, so that
To fit. Then, the rear support leg 2 of the vending machine is restrained from moving in all directions except for the front by the rear leg lock fitting 50.

Next, the front support leg 2 of the vending machine is placed on the bottom plate portion 21 of the loading frame 20, and the front leg locking bracket 60 is inserted inside the front portion of the loading frame 20. Then, the front leg locking bracket 60 is fixed to the loading frame 20 via the bolt 32 and the nut 33 in a state of being fitted to the front support leg 2. Then, the front support leg 2 of the vending machine is restrained from moving in all directions except the rear by the front leg lock fitting 60. Therefore, the automatic vending is not required for the rear leg locking fittings 50,5.
The movement in all directions is restrained by the 0 and the front leg locking brackets 60, 60, and is completely fixed on the loading frames 20, 20, and is set in a stable state without moving or falling.

As described above, the loading frame 2 of the vending machine
At the time of fixing to the mounting frames 20 and 20, the fastening operation using a tool such as a wrench is performed by using front leg locking brackets 60 and 60 on the front side of the loading frames 20 and 20 where a relatively large working space can be obtained.
The vending machine is not required on the rear side, so even if the gap between the box-shaped rain removal house and the vending machine is small, the vending machine can be easily placed inside the rain removal house in a stable state. Can be installed. Therefore, the rain removal house may be relatively small, and the vending machine and the rain removal house can be suitably installed in a narrow installation space.

Note that, due to a large earthquake or the like, the locking fitting 5
When an extremely large force acts on 0 and 60 and the locking fittings 50 and 60 come off the bottom plate 21 of the loading frame 20 due to breakage of the bolt 32 or the like, the upper edge 53 of the locking fittings 50 and 60. , 63 abut against the upper edge 23 of the loading frame 20, and the upward movement of the locking fittings 50, 60 and the support legs 2, 2 is restrained, so that the mobile vending machine can be prevented from tipping over.

[0030]

As described above, the vending machine fixing device according to the present invention fixes two loading frames, which are long in the front-rear direction, on the installation base, and a rain removal house fixing portion that protrudes laterally from the loading frames. By fixing the lower structural member of the rain removal house, the rain removal house can be relatively easily installed. Then, the rear support leg of the vending machine is placed on the loading frame and slid backward, locked by the locking portion at the rear of the loading frame, and the front support leg is placed at the front of the loading frame. By fixing the vending machine inside the box-shaped rain removal house by fixing with the locking metal, the vending machine can be suitably installed and fixed even if the gap between them is small. Therefore, the rain removal house may be relatively small, and the vending machine and the rain removal house can be suitably installed in a narrow installation space.

Further, a pedestal in which the loading frame fixing portion and the rain removal house fixing portion are arranged side by side is horizontally adjusted and fixed on the installation base, and the loading frame and the lower structure of the rain removal house are mounted on the pedestal. By fixing, the vending machine and the rain removal house can be more suitably installed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an embodiment of a vending machine fixing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line GG of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line HH in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an example of a conventional vending machine fixing method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vending machine main body 2 Support leg 3 Screw part 4 Tool fitting part 5 Grounding hole 10 Installation base 11 Anchor bolt 12 Nut 20 Loading frame 21 Bottom plate part 22 Side plate part 23 Top edge 31 Rear pedestal 32 Bolt 33 Nut 34 Connection Member 35 Bolt 36 Nut 37 Front pedestal 40 Support leg 41 Screw part 42 Tool fitting part 43 Grounding plate 44 Nut 45 Clasp 46 Plate part 47 Side edge part 48 Cutout for leg fitting 50 Rear leg locking fitting 51 Bottom plate part 52 Side plate Part 53 Upper edge part 54 Cutout for leg fitting 56 Bottom plate 59 Bush 60 Front leg locking fitting 61 Bottom plate part 62 Side plate part 63 Upper edge part 64 Cutout for leg fitting 66 Bottom plate 71 Rain removal house frame 72 Side wall plate 73 Roof plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A box that is fixed on an installation base and has two loading frames that are long in the front-rear direction and on which front support legs and rear leg support legs of the vending machine are mounted and fixed, and that covers the vending machine. The lower structure member of the type rain removal house is fixed, the rain removal house fixing portion is provided to project laterally from the loading frame, and the rear side support leg is fitted from the front to the rear portion of the loading frame. Is provided with a locking portion,
The front portion of the loading frame with respect to the locking portion is formed so as to be smooth enough to allow the rear support leg to slide,
An automatic vending machine fixing device in which an engaging metal fitting for fitting and locking the front support leg from the front is attached to a front portion of the loading frame. 2. A vending machine fixing device comprising a pedestal that is horizontally adjusted and fixed on an installation base, and a loading frame fixing part and a rain removal house fixing part are provided side by side on the pedestal.